1 Pawn Crushes The Caro-Kann...
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A video about the Caro-Kann Defense. A good opening for beginners, intermediate players, and advanced players as well. The Fantasy Variation, better than the Advance, Classical, Exchange, and others...
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. O-O) (3... e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Nge2) (3... g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e5 (5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bd3) 5... c5 6. f4 cxd4 7. Qxd4) (3... Qb6 4. a4 dxe4 (4... e5 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. a5 Qc7 7. f4) 5. a5 Qc7 6. fxe4 e5 7. Nf3) 4. fxe4 e5 (4... Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be3) 5. Nf3 exd4 (5... Bg4 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. O-O (7. c3 Ngf6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qxc6) 7... Ngf6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2) 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. e5 *
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By the 7:00 mark, there are at least 5 highly questionable or debatable assertions.
The first game is against a 1700 player, and I don't care how much of a Caro-Kann specialist he may be, I'd be extremely surprised if a player with that ratig understands the game well enough to play a solid example game. But, he actually plays the first opening moves well enough, illustrating one of the debatable assertions made about this opening. A good openings player will notice the similarity to 4 pawns attack of the Alekhine's defense with the major difference of the missing pawns... and the Black QB isn't trapped behind the pawn wall. If Black is familiar with the 4 pawn Alekhine's attack stratagems, he'll probably do really well here, invalidating White's position because fewer drawbacks in Black's structure and setup plus semi-open file has to outweigh the additional open lines for White with the missing f pawn.
I expect the rest of the video is of like quality.
I'll just leave it that Black should have no problems against White with almost any setup he chooses, and this may be an important consideration that White does not force Black in any way.
ok
Hey man really cool! thanks!
@@GothamChess Levy so thanks for your videos you are teaching realy great
@@GothamChess so what your saying is my comment will get pinned if i say something rude?!...
You wrote so much and said so little. You don't mention which assertions are debatable. You don't mention which stops are good for black. You only mention some opening but dont say much about it either.
"You've got to be playing with the white pieces"
I'm perfectly capable of crushing my own Caro-Kann as black, thank you very much.
I am perfectly capable of blundering 15 points of material in the first 10 moves thank you very much
why tf did u click on this video then
@@HoellzTB to learn how to NOT destroy his position by himself.....
@@TheLongBow is this a threat
@@HoellzTB no it is a reply
Me: Gets Caro-Kann Course...
Levy: 1 Pawn Crushes The Caro-Kann...
Same....
You guys should be happy.. At least with this opening your opponent has fun and doesn't fall asleep because he/she has to play against one of the lamest openings
The course has a couple of responses to the fantasy, one solid and one spicy. It’s not a problem. Not taking e4 takes most of the bite out of the Fantasy.
Thanks a lot, it's really nice to show that each phase is important to not loose your nerves
@@RenegadeGuesch Me: -reads this comment as a King's Indian on black and London on white player-
Levy: convinces me to play the caro-kann
Also Levy: shows everyone how to destroy it
Levy please, the caro kann is all I play, don’t do this
Ya man same
Same here. But I'm thankful that he did this. Saved me a loss to learn this.
Well good for me as I don't usually play it..
And now know how to counter it..
You can worst case scenario play e6 move 3 and try to play ba6 and try to push c5 you’re fine and white just have f3
I call any opening whenever I play and win the fantasy variation
Good one bro
So good, made me lol.
that's actually an interesting name for an opening u know
Like the london
True that
Me: Caro Kann and Kings Indian Player
Levy: Fantasy Caro Kann
Me: Kings Indian Player
Levy: h4 h5 Pawn Storm
@@Adyj-zx6ol Me: Player
@@mathskafunda4383 me: Play
@@hernanperez6550 me: Let’s play the Halloween
Me too buddy. Hail!
Levy: "I want to show you how to win games without sacrificing your rooks."
Also Levy: "Ohno my rooks!"
I think Levy makes his videos by downing a pitcher of coffee and not sleeping for a day.
I took his raccoon cosplay to far.
jack was like Gotham when he played against Carlsen: "o my god, I'm winning" and then lose in the endgame...
Poor Jack
@@kys9611 This isn't a classical OTB tournament game,its blitz online chess. You don't get better by resigning while learning even if you are guaranteed to lose that specific game.
@@kys9611 Does 3 minutes of playing a game he's losing in really make him an asshole enough for you? talk about negatively trained mind.
Its still Jack's immortal game probably
Manas Bhave For me I usually end up carelessly blundering a pawn in the middlegame, but for some reason I’m really good at the endgame and end up winning.
Levy Rozman: "1 Pawn Crushes The Caro-Kann..."
Benny Watts: "Caro-Kann is all pawns and no hope."
Magnus Carlsen: "Hold my c-pawn."
this comment is giving me life lmao
Fischer: Haha! c6 c5 go brrr
Bro, in this video you were thanking the subs for 400k and in less than a month you're almost on 545k, so happy to see the community growing. Thank you for the good work, been learning a lot!
In 2 years he has now gained 4 mil subs
Gotham: labels black as "Caro playing noob" and white as "Gotham subscriber"
Gotham Subscribers who watched levy's caro kann video: am i a joke to you?
More like Gotham subs who paid for his Caro course. Lol
@@JSamad HA! Found ya, Caro playing noob :p
Also the subs who volunteered to play the caro against him KEKW
but you see, he means caro playing noob, gotham doesnt teach bad caro kann opening theory which makes you a noob.
but only if you pay money.
And paid $32/$60 for his course
Gotham: I like space
Me: then why are you playing chess
10:40
Thanks
"What's wrong with Caro Kann?"
"It's all pawns and no hope" - Benny Watts
It's the best opening if you know how to play it, better than Sicilian even.
@@jatinsachdev8459 Not true sicilian most played by professionals
@@Owtyg23 even caro kann is played by most professionals, almost every supergm played the carokann every tournament last year, magnus levon mvl.
@@jatinsachdev8459 Doesn't matter the sicilian is the most played and won
@@jatinsachdev8459 literally every computer says that the sicilian is blacks best response to e4.
If you rely on the Caro Kann as your main answer to 1.e4, Levy's content (here the Fantasy Variation) and the problems it poses for Black will make you a stronger player. After 3...Qb6 consolidating the center (and dark-squares) with 4.c3 is best, as 4.a4 is well met by the central strike 4...e5!, which exploits the weakness on the g1-a7 diagonal caused by the "unprincipled" 3.f3. After 5.dxe5 Black goes 5...a5!, which almost equalizes according to Stockfish, as Black then answers 6.exd5 with 6...Bc5!, and it's on! Levy is right as regards the challenge 3...Qb6 presents to White, but after 4.a4, Black has time to eye the weaknesses in White's position , and in the old Grand Style! Welcome any challenge to your favorite lines. In chess, to develop as a player you must welcome conflict and contradiction, for what does not destroy you makes you stronger!
Hmmm
What
"If you want to beat me in a tournament, play the fantasy against me" oops
Alternate Title: Crush the Caro-Kann for Certain Values of Caro-Kann Assuming Imprecise Play by Black.
You could say that about most tactics, and really most videos. If both sides play precisely, chess is a very different game that you and I are definitely not playing.
@@Paradockzz Yes. And I do say it about those videos. It's a solid variation even if your opponent knows it. Ivanchuk caused me to fall in love with it. I wouldn't question the educational quality of the video. Levy is a great teacher and the information is good. I'm just commenting on the title and his opening hook.
I think that the "perfect" chess game would end in a draw.
@@jovindsouza3407 Just look at the majority of bot vs bot games
@@jovindsouza3407 Given the available evidence, that's likely correct. The only reason that isn't explicitly stated is that it can't be rigorously proven since the computational power required to crunch the numbers would be unfathomable. We see indications of this when looking at the increased draw rate of high-level games (master, correspondence, engine).
video should be renamed to “1 pawn crushes to the 1 pawn crush to caro kann” out of respect for f3
For anyone interested:this move order directly transposed to the Alekhine's Defence(1.e4-Nf6) 4 pawn variation.
Yeah I remember watching a video on the theory for this and the guy briefly examined nf6 as a worse variation of the alekhine
5:32 omfg 😭😭😭😭
He literally said this thing, and lost to someone who played the fantasy against him in a recent tourney lol
1700s against levy: *play the most critical lines*
1900s against me: *play the weirdest moves and somehow equalize the game*
5:36
Exactly 😂😂
Lmao😂😂😂
LOL!
Opponent watched this video lol
This Fantasy Variation of the Caro Kann is really Solid ♟️
And there's me who gets crushed with any opening
@@highcue thank you but it was kinda a ironic comment😂😂
@@highcue please don't recommend the London opening over the internet... It's a horrible opening and everyone hates it. Same with French it's almost refused on the top lvl
@@highcue It kind of was trolling but there was a true aspect of it. I was referring to mid-good lvl players that wanna play an opening where you don't just lose after 8 moves if you play them not in the right order (like the french). Or an opening were you literally need no skill for and can crush anyone even someone with 400 rating more then you by just knowing 15 moves out of the opening and winning immediately (London).
Personally I hate it to play against the London that's why I also hate so much on it lol but the French is indeed refuted on the top lvl (2700+)
@@highcue as a beginner it's absolutely fine to pretty much play anything. If you just have the right understanding of the game (structures, endgames,, a bit positional stuff but most importantly tactics) you will get to 2000+ without any big problems. Easier said than done but by just doing 30 mins tactics a day on Chess.com (if you have the premium membership) or on Lichess (for unlimited free puzzles) will be enough to make progress over the next few months.
As for openings the London is a good way to start into the game, get specific concepts or know where the pieces have good squares but I would recommend going for either an Italian or spanish opening (you do need to study some theory for it though). If you wanna avoid theory openings, the London, English or King's Indian (similar to the thing you showed me) are good to go for a setup. If you wanna learn more about these openings, many good players have made videos about it.
@@highcue People don't hate the London, they hate the player behind it. The London can be played dynamically, but most players grind for a draw right from the start which is seen as boring by aggressive players.
Shoutout to Jack Rankin! Nice game, great tactics.
5:36 😂😂😂
At 3:24 the suggestion that this position on move 10 is a winning position for White is not shared by the engine, which sees it as completely equal. Indeed, following the natural moves 10... Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13. Bb3 exd4 14.cxd4 Rfc8 15.Qa6 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 actually Black is completely winning, despite being two pawns down.
Ivan Schitco watching this👀👀
A cool move at 6:55 is to play a3. If the queen takes then Na4 is queen trapped.
No it's not... Black has Qb4+ and can always escape to e7 lol
@@maxhenderson1890 if Qb4 you can just take with the a pawn lol
@@carterchan1006 oh yeah lol, Queens trapped. Best thing to do in that case is Qxa3, Rxa3, Bxa3. 2 pawns and a rook for a queen, so only down 1 point of material. Engine eval is +5 however lol
that comeback in the first game gave me a dose of dopamine bruh
Man who admits its own mistakes is nothing more than a great man!
My favourite line-" You have a ton of space". Cool man. You teach very well
All pawns and no hope - Benny Watts
Nooo levy you cany make me learn the caro and then teach everyone a counter
7:05 hm, long castle, indeed yes that would be fantastic
Just one pawn crushed the Caro-Kann crusher. I mean almost 😂
F3
Qb6 destroys the fantasy variation
Yeah and that move was f3 too lol
Hi. I watched this video about 2 years ago and now I watch it again. We went from 400k to 4M subscribers in 2 years. Channel is still awesome. Cudos to you, Levi!
Caro Kann? More like Caro Kant
Me: moves a pawn
Stockfish: 0:47
Me as a barely 900 rated player when jackrankin played Nf6: "What a moron"
More like what an asshole. The fact that you're down a piece and positionally lost all game and you still don't resign against someone 800 points stronger than you is cowardly and bad sportsmanship. Levy can sugarcoat it all he wants by saying "instructional purposes" but he's just being nice because of his donations.
That’s why you’re still 900...
@@kys9611man you really gonna reply to multiple comments with the same hateful message with no basis, anyone should play out a game when you get the chance to play a much better player.
@@kys9611 that's the opposite of comwardly my guy. Play on and try and give yourself a chance. Resigning is the cowardly thing to do lol.
@@skyleryork3591 no its not lol. Playing down a piece all game is just cringe even for online chess. He was positionally lost and down a piece. He was even down on time I dont know what he was smoking but there was no way he would even draw this. Lol did you see hikaru's latest video, coincidetally he literally just said what im saying xd.
Levy single handedly manipulating the 800-1500 meta
You know you're early when Levy still doesnt pinned a hater comment
I am apparently not early enough because I already see these copied comments to get likes
Wow this comment is so original
😐
yo guys chill out i got a family to feed
Same concept of the King's Gambit, getting rid of the f pawn early
i been facing the "Bayonet" lately. maybe a video on that? its really hard to fight against as black
In Gotham's caro kann course for fantasy variation (playing as black): this is horrible for white
Same position in his youtube video for fantasy variation (playing as white): this is horrible for black
I just noticed that Levy has a lava lamp behind him
he's artificially breeding a human that he'll train to beat Magnus
Groovy man
Levy's lava lamp a metaphor for how his aggressive play melts his opponents, even through their screens.
7:06
Long castle....
OF COURSE!!!!
Noob Question here: After e4 c6, d4 d5, f3 Qb6, a4 e5 what will be the proper way to approach the position??
Stockfish wants dxe5 followed by a5 preventing white from playing a5 I guess. It's curious, e5 by black gives up the pawn for free, but I think it's the only way to develop your light square bishop. In the line I was just looking at, black eventually puts a bishop on c5 forming a nice battery with some threats. It looks hard to play.
@@h0wnr681 Thank you so much for you answer!!!
I have never before played or faced the Fantasy variation, and I'm trying to figure this out (mostly from black's perspective because 9/10 I'm playing the Caro Kann).
"Unfortunately it was left in the hands of an idiot."
Not just I, but the entire history of humans, feels seen.
3:37 I know that you’re doing best to teach this opening. Please don’t worry whether you’re doing best or not
Congrats for 400 subs can you make a video on the Berlin defence please
Gotham:I dont have anything in my position that not guarded neither does my opponent.
The rook on a8:Am I a joke to you?
Dude! Don't you start a tourney this Wednesday, "if you ever meet me a tournament" sounds a lot like baiting a stream sniper
"bam bam bam bambambamabambambam"-levi 2021
Caro players:
A d i o s
Levy, what do you think about the news about mars?
Levy: 10:40
he starts the vid by thanking the viewers for 400K subs, and 17 days later almost has 500K subs. Put up good content and they will subscribe. Now if only I could find that many beekeeping enthusiast ha! Awesome stuff, Levy.
levy i had a 100%accuracy game ended in 10moves, this the best thing ,thank you and your the best....
"We went from 300k subscribers to 400k in 3 weeks, incredible!"
Well, then you went from 400k to 5M in 3 years, also pretty cool... 😆
Caro Kann is Somthing ill be takin some notes on
Hello. Firstly i want to say a big thank you, for this (and a lot others) lesson video you've made. I'm some kind of beginner of the chess world, and this is a very helpful, and i'm very happy for using your moves, wining with them. (sorry for the bad English) Have a nice day.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Nxe5+ Ke8 9. Nxg4 Nxe4 10.
Qe2 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qxg4 12. Qxg4.. black resign, white win with 96,9 Game accuracy ...
F in the chat for those who bought Levy's Caro Kann opening course.
I know this as Maroczy variation and I prefer it that way
400k now at 2M! Congrats levy!
I remember when I was just starting to play chess at 500 elo and did this variation bcuz that just made sense to me and was like hey that names kinda cool ;D
Hi Levy. My real life friend have started playing the french defence whenever I play e4. And it's all because he watched some opening video you have made.. I feel like you owe me an apology or something 😌
6:59 ROOK B1 :D
Levy I have a request for you.e4 c6 d4 d5 e5 Bf5 Bd3 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 e6.Please do more research and make a video on it!
Guess I gotta take a month off til everyone forgets this :(
A very happy 400k subs , go on
F3 was very nice. Too bad he couldn't hold it.
Nobody:
Levy: That's a LLIDDLE bit annoying
Have you consider doing a course on chessable? Ben Finegold advocate to 'play it to the end' - What about a course on 'playing for the draw'? I had an online game that could have ended in a draw but I made the wrong move. Love you Feynman teaching style!
7:05 looks not like a long castle
Congrats on 400K Levy
That "f3" move by your first opponent was nasty!!
Jack was legendary. Epic video and epic game
Tennis ball against the wall 7:39
🐯 f3? Didn't John Bartholomew call this pawn the "forget-about-it-pawn"?
🐰 My poor friend. Chess is a game that has far more exceptions to the rules than rules.
😁🙋
Old video I know, but there is a seven move checkmate trap in this variation, as black though. After white moves to f3 (fantasy variation) black moves to e5. You are hoping white does dxe5, then you move Bc5, white will do a normal development move such as Nc3, you then do the move Qb6. At this point white realizes the knight on g1 must do something, otherwise it will be lost. When looking at the database, white blunders enough here and moves the knight to e2. From here it is checkmate in two moves.
Agree. I think e5 is the best response after white plays f3. As a caro-kann player I've never lost to the fantasy playing this line.
Been playing the caro kann.. Just went up against someone playing f3 for the first time and smoked them by playing e5 after dxe4, fxe4. Glad i watched the video of i never would have known to play e5 if they play f3. This video works both ways lol. Thanks for the content!
The engine doesn't like this middle game for white IM
"Wait, the other side of the rainbow is-is Levy's hand??"
"Always has been"
Such a cool and interesting teacher he is.
I wish I had such teachers in my school.
Bam bam bambambam bamambamam😂😂😂
Levy has a way of making his ideas seem very compelling. It's a good way to learn some plans of attack.
Fantasy variation is like blackmar-Diemer gambit but without losing the pawn
Fantasy variation has won me so many games if you know the theory in 1500s
The Caro-Kann is one of my favorite openings. I almost stopped playing it as black because of the fantasy variation
6:09 AlphaZero smiles upon you, child
Legend says if u just ask levy for a like he gives you the like
I and so many others found your channel thanks to the Beth Harmon video you made and it was easy sub after seeing the fun instructive content. Keep up the variety, sometimes playing a bit even is the perfect switch up. In fact the youtube algorithm likes variety since you are more likely to land on some general trend.
3:24 black is down 2 pawns but this is an equal position and if played right by black I believe black is better
i think you should make a video about what to do against fantasy
Good content Levy! A guide on when to castle long/short would be nice :)
Simple - Don't castle until the opponent castle.
Castle the other way of your opponent.
Pawn storm the castled king.
@@raiders5980 yeah I probably should try this. I'm 1150 and at this rank I barely see pawn storms so think this could work
Thanks Levy, as an e4 player the caro has always been a struggle for me. Have had some good results with this already. Appreciate what you do man!
Do a lesson about the Greek gift . how to spot it basic setup some opening that it can originate from some lines would be great , here is a nice game i just had with a Greek gift ending with the mate in 5 pattern ,1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Be3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Be7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.b3 Bc5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Qh5 Re8 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qh8+ Ke7 21.Qxg7#
I watched this video when it came out and didn't understand/remember shit from it. Well, now that I'm more solid, I'm finally able to follow along without feeling like an idiot.
@ 25.10 Qb6 You mentioned your move vs this is a 4. But the idea was tried in the match Nepomniachtchi vs Ivanchuk 2010. Chucky got the upper hand when he struck in the centre.
The missed triple fork at 29:24 nooooo